The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria (SCSN) has urged President Bola Tinubu to ensure equity, justice and fairness in appointments and governance.

The council made the call in a communique issued at the end of a two-day national conference held at the National Mosque, Abuja.

SCSN president Sheikh Abdulrasheed Hadiyatullah and secretary-general Nafi’u Ahmed signed the communique on Thursday.

The council also emphasised the need for Tinubu to ensure equitable distribution of the national resources.

The council also urged Mr Tinubu to continue to prove to the doubting Nigerians, especially those who wanted to truncate democracy through their campaign of calumny, that they had nothing to fear with the Tinubu/Shettima combination.

“Your watchwords should be good governance through fair and equitable distribution of resources and ensuring that every citizen of Nigeria fears nothing about the two gentlemen coming from the same faith.

“We urge the federal government to do all it takes within the ambit of the law to bring an end to the prevailing insecurity through improved and effective intelligence gathering.

“We also advise the government to deploy strong offensive against all flash points of security threats,” it stated.

According to the communiqué, the council also urged the federal government to promote community-oriented policing and foster genuine trust between security forces and local communities.

“Additionally, a constitutional review is recommended to enable state governors to perform more effectively their statutory roles as chief security officers of their states.

“The conference condemned absolutely the sustained killings, maiming and attacks on innocent souls across the country,” it said.

The council tasked the federal government to investigate killings across Nigeria and prosecute those found culpable.

It added, “Especially, those arrested for the killing of late Gen. Alkali in Plateau State, the attack on worshippers in the Church in Jos and the killing of 11 Fulani herders arrested by the military in southern Kaduna, and all others in different parts of the country.”

It urged the government to expedite action in implementing programmes that would empower communities economically and socially and address the underlying factors that contribute to insecurity.

The council urged Imams and the Ulama to maintain their leading roles as guiding lamps to the believers and promote knowledge sharing and consensus opinion on important issues.

(NAN)